function taxonomy_get_term_by_name

7.x taxonomy.module taxonomy_get_term_by_name($name, $vocabulary = NULL)
6.x taxonomy.module taxonomy_get_term_by_name($name)

Try to map a string to an existing term, as for glossary use.

Provides a case-insensitive and trimmed mapping, to maximize the likelihood of a successful match.

Parameters

$name: Name of the term to search for.

$vocabulary: (optional) Vocabulary machine name to limit the search. Defaults to NULL.

Return value

An array of matching term objects.

5 calls to taxonomy_get_term_by_name()
TaxonomyHooksTestCase::testTaxonomyTermHooks in drupal-7.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
Test that hooks are run correctly on creating, editing, viewing, and deleting a term.
TaxonomyTermTestCase::testNodeTermCreationAndDeletion in drupal-7.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
Test term creation with a free-tagging vocabulary from the node form.
TaxonomyTermTestCase::testTaxonomyGetTermByName in drupal-7.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
Test taxonomy_get_term_by_name().
TaxonomyTermTestCase::testTermInterface in drupal-7.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
Save, edit and delete a term using the user interface.
TaxonomyTermTestCase::testTermMultipleParentsInterface in drupal-7.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
Test saving a term with multiple parents through the UI.

File

drupal-7.x/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module, line 1215
Enables the organization of content into categories.

Code

function taxonomy_get_term_by_name($name, $vocabulary = NULL) {
  $conditions = array('name' => trim($name));
  if (isset($vocabulary)) {
    $vocabularies = taxonomy_vocabulary_get_names();
    if (isset($vocabularies[$vocabulary])) {
      $conditions['vid'] = $vocabularies[$vocabulary]->vid;
    }
    else {
      // Return an empty array when filtering by a non-existing vocabulary.
      return array();
    }
  }
  return taxonomy_term_load_multiple(array(), $conditions);
}